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0:00 ā Overview
0:47 ā Could the Raptors be interested in Zach Lavine
1:48 ā Lavineās Contract could be a problem
2:55 ā Zach Lavineās role in the modern NBA
4:33 ā What would you have to trade to land Lavine?
5:27 ā How far should Toronto go?
7:27 ā Keeping 1st round picks in Toronto
8:26 ā Torontoās future is uncertain
9:45 ā Short-term outlook with Lavine
10:17 – Above all else, Toronto needs direction
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35 Comments
What up Jacobā¤
Should the Raptors make a (realistic) push for a Zach Lavine trade?
They things are going now, yes to any player than can shoot and handle the ball.
We should have fought harder for Damian Lillard, no not Zach
Absolutely not!! 40+ million for someone that no better then a 3rd option is not worth it.
i mean zach is a good player, but is not what we need now, i would love to see him playing for us, but we should focus on shooting, like i always wanted trae young on the team, but sadly will not heppen
American media guys just love to throw out the raptors name now
The Saviour was drafted on July 29, 2021. but we had to prioritize Fred and Pascal.
Give Scottie the ball, and work around him. He'll find you when you're open.
Raptor fans are so delusional. We got a new coach for development. Scottie finally has a leap. Gradey been showing signs of potential. Why not develop our young core and bulid a new identity in Toronto. Zach Lavine is great but it just screams mediocre. Zach is worth wayy more money than Pascal btw. We have a chance to retool and restart and bulid a new identity in Toronto. But we keep adding useless pieces
Masai doesn't pull the trigger like he used to, if I had a nickel for everytime Raps been in the trade talks for Superstars.
Actually, a trade for Lavine would be interesting…
trade lavine and caurso would be nice
At this stage what do they have to lose. Cant get much worse. Worth trying something
Zach Lavine is a glorified Jordan Clarkson
im not giving up 1st rd picks lol
Iām a big Lavine fan but this would be an absolute terrible idea. The only way it would work is if it was with pascal and a third team or somthingš
We really should've traded all our assets last deadline, masai screwed us.
Never seen an organization so trapped in the middle.
Masai canāt handle the fact his team is stuck in the middle no matter who he trades. Time to commit to a rebuild.
Trade pascal for a three team deal
zach's contract is quite similar to what pascal will be making if we give him a supermax. so take your pick (we can't have both). this comes down to which player fits better in your system and right now, i believe zach could be a better fit. the quality between the two players is up for debate, though.
i would propose: zach and caruso for siakam and thad (no draft picks required with this trade). salaries line up pretty well. i don't think we have the room nor the desire to pay siakam the supermax next year anyways and he is likely to reject anything less and walk so what other options do we have? sign and trade perhaps but the sooner we move on the better it is for scottie's development and the success of the team. do we really want to waste another season and a half deliberating on the future? zack and barnes will likely play well together so it is worth a shot.
can we somehow work a deal for Flynn, Poetel, and Siakim for Levine and a couple decent players. Whatever we do, we need to keep OG
Raptors need to go after a Kings package
Trent for lavine and picks
Z L + Alex C = PS + Thad + M Flynn. Then you send GTJ for needed depth some expire and 1 med round first pick.
Agree 100% with your take Jacob. Nuff said!
Lateral move
If the 6rs grab OG in FA I'll be physically ill lol š¤¢š
Do it. Shake it up. A deal that's basically Siakam for Lavine. Yes, Pascal's contract is expiring, but the Raps would be on the hook for Lavine's contract.
I wonder if the bulls would be willing to throw in Patrick Williams. He has been really bad. But thereās hope there. Maybe they say f it, let move on from him. If itās Levine, Patrick Williams for bouchier/Gary / thad / 3 second round picks and one first in 2028. I might do it. But only if pascal is then traded to another team to restock assets. We need to stop kidding ourselves. This team as constructed canāt win deep into the playoffs. The scoring droughts are too bad. Maybe Levine helps with that, sureā¦ but either way someone has to go. Especially in a trade like this. The writing is on the wall. This is Scottie and OGS team. Itās time to move on from pascal and get what we can.
Also itās gotta be saidā¦ in this new offence. It really doesnāt suite poetel. I hope he grows into it. I really like yak. But he looks really out of place sometimes. Itās still early. And the paint is to clogged. Making it hard for yak, and harder for Scottie.
You know who we really need? James Harden!
I agree in a vacuum pascal is better than Levine. But we need a guy like Levine. But it would be nice if he was making 30 million, not 40+. I still believe the move is to trade pascal and yak and build through the draft. Maybe call San Antonio back and see if they want yak for our 2024 pick back haha. He would be perfect beside wemby
Send Siakiam and GTJ to Chicago for him. Weāre not giving up Dick. Though I believe Chicago will want him.
Noooooo giving any more picks away!!!!!